Drupadia scaeva, ♂, as Myrina scaeva, Singapore, from Hewitson, 1863.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Cheritrini
Genus: Drupadia
Species: Drupadia scaeva
Subspecies: D. s. cooperi – D. s. cyara – D. s. melisa – D. s. scaeva

Name

Drupadia scaeva (Hewitson, 1863).

Type locality: Singapore.

Holotype: ♂, BMNH (A. R. Wallace).

Synonymy

  • Myrina scaeva Hewitson, 1863: 30, pl.15, figs 39,40.
  • Biduanda scaeva (Hewitson); de Nicéville, 1890: 210, pl.E, fig 7 ♀; Seitz, 1926: 988, pl.159, figs f2,f3.
  • Biduanda scaeva scaeva (Hewitson); Corbet, 1940: 6.
  • Marmessus scaeva scaeva (Hewitson); Corbet, 1956: 351, 479.
  • Drupadia scaeva (Hewitson); Cowan, 1974: 341.

References

  • Corbet, A. S., 1940. Observations on species of Lycaenidae from the Malay Peninsula (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 9(1): 1–6, 7 figs. Reference page. 
  • Corbet, A. S. & Pendlebury, H. M., 1956. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Edn. 2. Edinburgh Oliver and Boyd xi+537 pp, 159 figs, 55 pls. Reference page. 
  • Cowan C. F., 1974. The Indo-Oriental genus Drupadia Moore (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) 29(6): 281–356, 6 pls, 15 figs. BHL Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., 1890. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indian Region with descriptions of three new genera of Hesperidae Journal of the Bombay natural History Society 5(3):199-225, pls D, E. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 1-766; 767-1107, pls 1-175. BHL1, BHL2, Plates. Reference page. 
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